Synthesis of mesoporous Pt nanoparticles with uniform particle size from aqueous surfactant solutions toward highly active electrocatalysts

Liang Wang; Yusuke Yamauchi

doi:10.1002/chem.201100386

Synthesis of mesoporous Pt nanoparticles with uniform particle size from aqueous surfactant solutions toward highly active electrocatalysts

Chemistry. 2011 Aug 1;17(32):8810-5. doi: 10.1002/chem.201100386. Epub 2011 Jul 5.

Authors

Liang Wang¹, Yusuke Yamauchi

Affiliation

¹ World Premier International (WPI), Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan.

PMID: 21732437
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100386

Abstract

Pores for improved catalysis: Mesoporous Pt nanoparticles (MPNs) with large surface areas are created within 10 min by a very simple, one-step, aqueous reaction at room temperature. The obtained MPNs exhibit significantly enhanced catalytic activity toward the methanol oxidation reaction.